diff --git a/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/micro_wake_word.cpp b/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/micro_wake_word.cpp
index c031a9f269d..6877e9e5df5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/micro_wake_word.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/micro_wake_word.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ static const size_t DATA_TIMEOUT_MS = 50;
 
 static const uint32_t RING_BUFFER_DURATION_MS = 120;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32P4
+// ESP32-P4 PIE-optimized esp-nn kernels (e.g. depthwise_conv_s8_ch1_pie) require
+// significantly more stack than other variants, causing stack protection faults at 3072.
+static const uint32_t INFERENCE_TASK_STACK_SIZE = 8192;
+#else
 static const uint32_t INFERENCE_TASK_STACK_SIZE = 3072;
+#endif
 static const UBaseType_t INFERENCE_TASK_PRIORITY = 3;
 
 enum EventGroupBits : uint32_t {